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I have some old CorelDraw files dating back to version 2 and Corel 7 won't open them (not supported) I thought this was a little poor. Can any of you clever Corel folk tell me how to open them? thanks in advance
-------------------- Graham Hodge Cam River Signs Somerset, Tasmania. Posts: 441 | From: Somerset, Tasmania | Registered: Nov 1998
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Gray..I have Corel 4..it will open Corel 2 files..I can then open them in version 9 or 10 and save them as Corel 7 for you..send me the files by e-mail and I'll convert them for you!
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Thanks Glenn and thanks Dave, I have quite a few of them and non are really essential, I just wondered why they couldn't be opened. With signLab 5 I can still open .thz files the original format of 15 years ago.
-------------------- Graham Hodge Cam River Signs Somerset, Tasmania. Posts: 441 | From: Somerset, Tasmania | Registered: Nov 1998
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Didn't Corel 2 fit on like one floppy disk? Maybe you should install it and let it run beside the newer version. I'm sure you could export your old files to some format that's more universal, then delete the old version.
SONGPAINTER Original Sign Music by Sign People NOW AVAILABLE on CD and the proceeds go to Letterville's favorite charity! Click Here for Sound Clips! Posts: 1974 | From: Orleans, MA, Cape Cod, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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If I recall correctly there was a dos conversion program included in ver 4 I think to convert the older fromat files so they would open in later versions but I can't find the exact details here. maybe someone else remembers this,...
-------------------- fly low...timi/NC is, Tim Barrow Barrow Art Signs Winston-Salem,NC Posts: 2224 | From: Winston-Salem,NC,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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OK - Hubby says you could do a search and get version 4 and they prolly won't charge anything as it is sooo old.
My guru isn't home, and Hubby's Uncle Bill who worked for IBM for 20 years, (his middle name is DOS) is going to look through his files. I'll get a prompt call back from Uncle Bill...and I left a phone message with my guru.
I'll edit as I find out stuff.
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Hay! Uncle Bill just called!
Uncle Bill says he never cared for ver4 as it was screwed up bad and they didn't even collect books on it...that ver5 was ok.
Timi, Bill said that what yer looking for is the setver command, this gig exsists/runs automatically on windows 95. 98 and ME, but you have to activate it.
Go to start\programs\ms dos prompt
Go to config.sys (for dos) and at the bottom of the device drivers list...type...
...device=c:\windows\setver.exe...(without the triple dots you see here)
or you can type...dir setver...below the c:\windows line... and hit enter, and it will bring up a box...that says it's 18,939 bytes and the install date and time...to verify that your OS (operating system) has it.
Good luck! Linda
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[ October 23, 2001: Message edited by: Linda Silver Eagle ]
SONGPAINTER Original Sign Music by Sign People NOW AVAILABLE on CD and the proceeds go to Letterville's favorite charity! Click Here for Sound Clips! Posts: 1974 | From: Orleans, MA, Cape Cod, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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No Linda setver is a dos command.The file I was thinking of wasn't that well documented but it was a dos exe or com file that would change the version of certain type files for coreldraw.It came with corel not dos,...
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